Quotes Library

May 8, 2025

Diplomacy is about surviving till the next century—politics is about surviving till Friday afternoon.

Jonathan Lyn (1943- ) and Antony Jay (1930–2016) British writers, Yes, Prime Minister, vol. 1 (1986), Jay p.235

What your batting average on this score?

Yes, Friday afternoon, when you can get out of town after quietly issuing some bad news press release.

August 10, 2025

7 months ago

A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant.

March 19, 2025

11 months ago

Simplicity rarely loses to complexity in battles in the public square.

August 14, 2025

6 months ago

[Notice kept on his desk while working on his biography of Lord Mountbatten] Remember.

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